Newtown begins process of creating memorial to shooting victims

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Published 2:42 pm, Thursday, September 5, 2013

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This photo provided by WFSB-TV3 shows cheerleaders in the Newtown Labor Day parade Monday Sept. 2, 2013. Thousands of spectators turned out Monday for the town's Labor Day Parade, capping months of organizing in the aftermath of a shooting rampage that killed 20 first-graders and six educators last December. The Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue Co. and Sandy Hook Elementary School students received the loudest applause from spectators along the parade route. (AP Photo/WFSB-TV, Robert Robert Goulston) less

This photo provided by WFSB-TV3 shows cheerleaders in the Newtown Labor Day parade Monday Sept. 2, 2013. Thousands of spectators turned out Monday for the town's Labor Day Parade, capping months of organizing ... more

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Newtown begins process of creating memorial to shooting victims

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HARTFORD >> Newtown is beginning what could be a long process to design and build a memorial honoring the 20 children and six educators who were fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The town board of selectmen solicited volunteers to help with the project, and 35 have stepped forward. Nine will be selected to serve on a commission, and their names will be announced within about a month.

The commission will consider a memorial’s location, nature, scope and funding.

First Selectwoman Pat Llodra (LOH’-drah) says it will be a long project requiring a lot of time, labor and attention. It could take years to decide on the type of memorial — if any — that should be built, find a site, select an architect and see the project through to completion.